LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

squāmifōrmis

squāmifōrmis (neuter squāmifōrme)
Classical[skʷaː.mɪˈfoːr.mɪs]Ecclesiastical[skʷa.miˈfɔr.mis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationsquamiform
    [...] branchiarum squamiformium paria 24—40 cum cirris non alternantium, [...]… 24-40 pairs of squamiform gills with non-alternating cirri, …1843, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Annulatorum danicorum conspectus, page 14:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesquāmifōrmissquāmifōrmissquāmifōrme
genitivesquāmifōrmissquāmifōrmissquāmifōrmis
dativesquāmifōrmīsquāmifōrmīsquāmifōrmī
accusativesquāmifōrmemsquāmifōrmemsquāmifōrme
ablativesquāmifōrmīsquāmifōrmīsquāmifōrmī
vocativesquāmifōrmissquāmifōrmissquāmifōrme
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesquāmifōrmēssquāmifōrmēssquāmifōrmia
genitivesquāmifōrmiumsquāmifōrmiumsquāmifōrmium
dativesquāmifōrmibussquāmifōrmibussquāmifōrmibus
accusativesquāmifōrmīs
squāmifōrmēs		squāmifōrmīs
squāmifōrmēs		squāmifōrmia
ablativesquāmifōrmibussquāmifōrmibussquāmifōrmibus
vocativesquāmifōrmēssquāmifōrmēssquāmifōrmia

Origins

Latin fōrma Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin squāmifōrmis From squāma (“scale”) + fōrma (“shape”) + -is.

Descendants
  • Englishsquamiform
  • Italiansquamiforme

In English words that came into English from squāmifōrmis

  • squamiformsquāmifōrmis

Quick answers

What does squāmifōrmis mean in Latin?
squāmifōrmis, a adjective, means “squamiform”.
How do you pronounce squāmifōrmis?
In classical Latin, [skʷaː.mɪˈfoːr.mɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [skʷa.miˈfɔr.mis].